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MODERN WORLD HISTORY: World War I, Armenian Genocide, Russian Revolution (Unit 5) – Vocabulary Chart
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
Definition:
1.) militarism
Brainstorm:
How did militarism cause World War I?
What are alliances? How do they work?
2.) alliance system
Brainstorm:
How does it end up like a tangled web?
Definition:
3.) nationalism
Brainstorm:
How did nationalism cause World War I?
Definition:
4.) imperialism
Brainstorm:
5.) Triple Alliance vs.
Triple Entente
Brainstorm:
How did imperialism cause World War I?
Which Great Powers made up the Triple Alliance?
Who was the leader of each respective power?
Which Great Powers made up the Triple Entente?
Who was the leader of each respective power?
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Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
Describe where the Balkans are.
Why were the Balkans called a “powder keg”?
Who was Franz
Ferdinand?
What was the significance of Franz Ferdinand’s
assassination?
6.) Balkans = powder keg
Brainstorm:
Describe Gavrilo Princip’s
background.
7.) Franz Ferdinand +
Gavrilo Princip
Brainstorm:
Pick one form of the word and provide a definition:
Use it in a sentence about WWI:
Who made it? What did it hope to accomplish?
What were the consequences of its failure?
Which countries made up the Allies?
Which countries made up the Central Powers?
8.) mobilize (v.)
mobilization (n.)
Brainstorm:
9.) Schlieffen Plan
Brainstorm:
Allied Flags
(Labeled)
Central Powers
Flags (Labeled)
10.) Allies vs.
Central Powers
Brainstorm:
Difference between Allies/Central Powers and Triple Entente/Triple Alliance?
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
Definition:
11.) total war
Brainstorm:
What made WWI a total war?
Definition:
Make a propaganda poster the Central Powers would
have used:
Make a propaganda poster the Allies would have used:
12.) propaganda
Propaganda techniques:
What is the purpose of
propaganda during wartime?
How did these weapons look?
New Weapon
Machine gun
13.) New Weapons
of WWI
Poison gas
Tank
Barbed wire
Brainstorm:
Airplanes
U-boats
Flamethrower
Grenades
Its Purpose (Why it was invented)
14.) MAJOR BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I
Battle of...
When it took place
Where it took place
Significance
the Marne
Verdun
the Somme
Tannenburg
Gallipoli
Jutland
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
Definition:
15.) Lusitania
Brainstorm:
What were the consequences of its sinking?
Definition:
16.) Zimmerman
telegram
Brainstorm:
What role did it play in the U.S. getting involved in WWI?
Definition:
17.) Treaty of
Brest- Litovsk
Brainstorm:
What was the significance of Russia leaving WWI?
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
18.) abdicated (v.)
abdication (n.)
Definition:
Brainstorm:
Use it in a sentence about WWI:
Definition:
19.) armistice
Brainstorm:
Use it in a sentence about WWI:
Who made them? What are the most important Points?
Describe the League of Nations. What key country was
missing from it?
20.) Fourteen Points
Brainstorm:
Who were the Big Three and what countries were they from?
21.) Big Three
Difference between their post-war agendas?
1.) _______________________________ from ________________
2.) _______________________________ from ________________
Brainstorm:
3.) _______________________________ from ________________
What were the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?
22.) Treaty of Versailles
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Brainstorm:
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Was it a fair treaty? Why or why not?
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
Definition:
23.) reparations
Brainstorm:
Use it in a sentence about WWI:
Definition:
24.) war of attrition
Brainstorm:
How was WWI a “war of attrition”?
25.) What new nations were created or recognized after WWI? (get it from your map)
New nation
Carved from who?
Flag
New nation
Carved from who?
Flag
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
26.) Armenian Genocide
When?
Where?
How?
Why?
Definition + Significance
Talaat Pasha’s specific role in
Armenian Genocide
Enver Pasha’s specific role in
Armenian Genocide
Total casualties:
Identification:
27.) T.E. Lawrence of Arabia
Brainstorm:
Role in World War I:
Identification:
28.) Nicholas II
Brainstorm:
How did he cause the Russian Revolution?
Identification:
29.) Grigori Rasputin
Brainstorm:
How did he cause the Russian Revolution?
Identification:
30.) Vladimir Lenin
Brainstorm:
How did he cause the Russian Revolution?
Causes:
31.) March Revolution (1917)
Brainstorm:
Effects:
Jemal Pasha’s specific role in
Armenian Genocide
Vocabulary/Person
Symbol/Illustration
Definition + Significance
Definition:
32.) soviets
Brainstorm:
Describe the structure of the USSR government based on the diagram at this website:
https://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/government/1928/sufds/pictures/political-administrative-st.jpg
Identification:
33.) Bolsheviks
Brainstorm:
What were their goals? (p.444)
Definition:
34.) Russian Civil War
Brainstorm:
Who did the Red Army represent?
Who did the White Army represent? Who helped them?
Identification:
35.) Leon Trotsky
Brainstorm:
What was his role in the Russian Civil War?
Definition:
36.) Cheka
Brainstorm:
What was it used for?
Definition:
37.) Red Terror
Brainstorm:
How are gulags an example of using fear to control people?